Prov. shuffle: Rush, Buddy, etc

[Dan.Strassberg]

WKOX will NEVER have an "at least equivalent" signal to WRKO. WKOX's
50-kW signal will be roughly equivalent to WWZN's. Except in unusual
cases (such as where a salt-water path completely changes the story),
50 kW on 1200 is not 50 kW on 680 (or 850). Also, WWZN uses almost
200-degree towers, whereas WKOX's new towers in Newton won't even be
90 degrees. Thus. WKOX will, in effect, be transmitting with about
half the power that WWZN uses. That 2:1 equivalent-power advantage to
WWZN will approximately compenstate for WWZN's frequency being ~25%
higher than WKOX's. From a coverage standpoint, the 50-kW full-time
AMs in this market fall into three groups: 1) WBZ, 2) WRKO and WEEI,
3) WWZN and WKOX. In fact, because of its low frequency and good
transmitter location, WEZE, a 5-kW station, really belongs ahead of
WWZN and WKOX. Also, because of its lower frequency and superior
transmitter location, WRKO has better coverage than WEEI--almost
everywhere.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@gmail.com>
To: "David Tomm" <nostaticatall@charter.net>
Cc: "BostonRadio Mailing List"
<boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: Prov. shuffle: Rush, Buddy, etc


> Buddy has been silent for almost 5 years. A lot has happened in RI
> starting with the fire. It should be good radio. Meanwhile Citadel
> has
> problems with WSKO which EEI just blew away.
>
> On 9/6/07, David Tomm <nostaticatall@charter.net> wrote:
>> September 20th is the first day of the fall book, which is why
>> those
>> midweek dates are there.
>>
>> My question is, did Clear Channel choose not to renew Rush on WPRO
>> or
>> was it Citadel?  WHJJ has had it's problems over the last few
>> years,
>> and a mostly local lineup of talkers hasn't worked for them.  Then
>> they
>> lost Imus.  Outside of Helen Glover, who is a marginal host at best
>> but
>> has somewhat of a following in the market, what else did that
>> station
>> have?  CC/Providence has been competing against Rush for years,
>> despite
>> being distributed by co-owned Premiere.  They may have just decided
>> to
>> finally bring Rush in-house to stabilize the station.
>>
>> Or, it could be possible that WPRO dropped him.   The bulk of his
>> audience is rapidly entering 55+ land and Citadel may have decided
>> to
>> go with local hosts that appeal to younger demos.  WPRO is also the
>> news and information station for the market, and they may have
>> wanted a
>> more local lineup to help reinforce that image.   WBAL in Baltimore
>> dropped Rush last year for the same reasons.
>>
>> Looking at the Boston situation, I doubt that CC will move it's
>> syndicated talkers to WKOX until the signal upgrade to 50,000 watts
>> is
>> complete.  If 1200 doesn't have at least a comparable signal to
>> WRKO
>> during Rush's time slot, they won't risk putting him on a weaker
>> stick,
>> even if it is a CC property.  If anything, I could see Premiere not
>> renewing with WRKO and trying to get the show cleared on WTKK.  Why
>> would they want to keep Rush on that sinking ship?  A lineup of
>> Howie,
>> Egan & Braude, Rush, Severin, and Graham Crackers at night would
>> put
>> WRKO out of it's misery once and for all.  Caliente 680, anyone?
>>
>> -Dave Tomm
>> "Mike Thomas"
>>
>> On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
>>
>> > A talk radio shuffle in Providence on Sept. 20 will have Rush
>> > Limbaugh
>> > moving from WPRO to WHJJ
>> > and Buddy Cianci back on the airwaves. Citadel's WPRO will have
>> > DePetro moving to 6 to 10
>> > am, followed by Cianci & Ron St. Pierre middays, then an expanded
>> > Dan
>> > Yorke. All local--
>> > as opposed to Clear Channel's WHJJ which will have Pittsburgh's
>> > Quinn
>> > and Rose in am
>> > drive followed by Beck, Limbaugh, and I guess Sean Hannity.
>> >
>> > (As far as I know, Helen Glover is gone from WHJJ unless they put
>> > her
>> > in 3-6 pm and
>> > move Hannity to tape-delayed, or move her to another slot). So
>> > WHJJ
>> > would have the
>> > powerful Rush (from Clear Channel's syndication arm, Premiere)
>> > added
>> > but there
>> > will apparently be no local hosts anywhere from 6 am to 6 pm, at
>> > least.
>> >
>> > It had been rumored Clear Channel would set up talk on its WKOX
>> > in
>> > Framingham and they could have put
>> > the likes of Beck and Rush there, but it hasn't happened. But
>> > Rush has
>> > indeed been placed
>> > on a Clear Channel property in Providence, though.
>> >
>> > By the way the change takes place on a Thu (two weeks from
>> > today). I'm
>> > guessing
>> > Rush's contract with WPRO expires after Sept. 19 (the same day
>> > Howie's
>> > contract with WRKO is to expire) so he'd be moved to WHJJ the
>> > next
>> > day. It's
>> > kind of weird to have a new show/new lineup premiere in the
>> > middle of
>> > the
>> > week rather than "starting fresh on a Monday" but I guess if a
>> > contract
>> > expires in the middle of the week, the change will also happen at
>> > that
>> > time.
>> > Similarly, Washington Post radio will give way to WWWT in D.C. on
>> > Sept. 20,
>> > a Thursday.
>> >
>>
>>